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As part of the Digital Design Weekend, Diane Wiltshire, a fellow at Birmingham Open Media (BOM), showcased her interactive art experience 'Sentiment'.
Scottish poetry collective Neu!Reekie! has performed in many places. Jakarta gave them a change to perform in a brand new place as part of a poetry take-over performance.
Scottish poetry collective Neu! Reekie! brings many flavours to their performance and Indonesia brings them many flavours as well – from the tranquil, laid-back Ubud in Bali, to the bustling and vividly cultured-rich Medan.
When Aabie Ryan’s five year old daughter was too scared to go to the loo because of her fear of monsters and ghosts, Aabie did what any parent would do - she built a ghost detector.
In Indonesia 140 hectares (or 140 football fields) disappear every minute, largely due to palm oil plantations and mining. Political ecologist Raja is trying to understand this environmental change and empower people with knowledge and good data about the land around them through the use of drones.
At the meeting point of art, creative technology and science, the Digital Design Weekend hosted fixers, makers and creatives, from cardboard robot workshops, to 8-bit mixtape synthesisers.
At the Digital Design Weekend, an Indonesian remix of the annual V&A event in London. storyteller Jane Gauntlett showcased her interactive experience 'In My Shoes: Dancing With Myself'.
Animator and VJ Rimbawan Gerilya created animations for British band Kero Kero Bonito performancein Jakarta. We caught up with Rimbawan before the gig to find out about his inspirations.
Following the performances in Jakarta and Solo of James Cousins Company's 'Rosalind', a reworking of Shakespeare’s 'As You Like It', the non-profit organisation Ballet ID helped facilitate two contemporary dance workshops in Jakarta. We spoke with Mariska and Tabita from Ballet ID to find out what they thought of 'Rosalind', how the workshops went in Jakarta and what's next for Ballet ID.
We talked to the creative collaborator of Someone Come Find Me remix at the opening - the project sends out audience messages out to sea at Ancol and to a upcycled old TVs at Kota Tua